Get outta my way!!

Anybody else ready for this week to be over because I totally AM!

Yesterday I kept thinking it was Tuesday but today I keep thinking its Friday. Oy! I need a vacation. Preferably somewhere warm and tropical.

So we got more snow Tuesday and yesterday. Yuck. I.Hate.Winter. Why, oh why, didn't we move to Savannah when we had the chance?!?! I'm still kicking myself for that one.

Thank goodness for my parents, though. Not only did they give us a place to shack up all weekend, due to the lack of power, but also my dad has let me borrow his B.A.T. (Big Ass Truck) with 4 wheel drive that will go just about anywhere. This thing is seriously a TANK! (If I think about it, I'll take a picture.) People just kinda move out of your way when you drive that thing. Its kinda nice. I feel so powerful and badass! haha
Anyways, as a result of having the BAT, I did not have to miss work yesterday due to the nasty weather we've been having (still not sure if I'm happy or mad about that one... at least I didn't have to waste a vacation day!). Also, he didn't ask for his truck back last night so I drove it again today - just to be safe. (He'd say that I was being "anal" but its clearly a matter of opinion... my parents use that word a lot to describe me. hmmm that's not very nice...) I've definitely decided that my next vehicle will most certainly have 4 wheel drive. Period. I'm sick of worrying about driving to work.

So besides cursing Mother Nature, I've been rather successful in the "working out/running" department this week. With the exception of this morning...

Monday I did my "Push" workout that you can read about here if you're really that interested.

Tuesday I did my first day of training for the Half Marathon on my treadmill at home. It was a tempo run. I was supposed to have completed 5 miles but I only did 4.5. I got bored at the end, plus I got up late so I needed to start getting ready for work.

.25 @ 15:00 min/mile
.25 @ 12:00 min/mile
3.0 @ 10:42 min/mile
.5 @ 12:00 min/mile
.5 @ 15:00 min/mile

Total time - 50:58 minutes

Wednesday (yesterday) I did a KILLER ab workout. It was awesome. Similar to my previous ones but I added some 30 second planks in there.

30 seconds front & side planks (each side)
30 Back Extensions
30 Sit-ups
30 Side Extensions (each side)
30 Captain's Chair
Rest

30 second planks
20 reps of each
Rest

30 second planks
10 reps of each
Rest

30 second planks

It was awesome! I'm looking forward to doing it again on Saturday.

Today I was supposed to do a "pull" workout (I always seem to crap out on the pull workouts - why is that?) but I decided I wanted to sleep instead. I'm going to try to get it in either with my ab workout on Saturday or after my 2 mile easy run on Sunday.

While getting ready at the gym gets old after a while (don't get me wrong, I still love getting my workouts done in the mornings) I really like that it gets me to work by 7:30. I have yet to make it to work by 7:30 when I get ready at home - today included. Boo!

Tomorrow is my long run - 6 miles @ 12:20 pace. I'll probably do a 12:00 min pace because anything slower than that is painful.

A.D.D. Moment:

The people I work with (with the exception of just a few) are really starting to get on my nerves lately. Especially Mah-tha (remember, her husband is British, and he calls 2634875098 times a day asking for "Mah-tha please"... Ugh!) I swear, if she laughs out loud to herself ONE.MORE.TIME. I'm going to lose it. I want to scream "ITS NOT THAT FUNNY! AND STOP TALKING TO YOURSELF, TOO!" Oy!

OMG, now she's clicking the crap out of her mouse (she does that all the time) don't you know you can just CLICK AND HOLD?!?!

And don't EVEN get me started about the other guy I work with. I almost went off on him earlier this week. It took everything in me just to walk away.

Alright, I'm done ranting for the moment. Hope everybody is having a good week! NO MORE SNOW!!! We're supposed to go out to eat with some friends we haven't seen in a while but I'm having a hard time finding places that have openings for reservations before 9:00pm. Stupid Valentine's Day. Oy!

Yes, I'm in the group that thinks its a pointless holiday. Now if we got to miss work for it, that'd be a whole different story... haha

Until next time...

-Lacey